Tag: DHL

India’s blue dart seeks continued 100 pct FDI in express couriers

Posted by | Sep 17, 2007 | |

Courier major Blue Dart Express has sought continuation of the 100 per cent foreign direct investment for the industry even as the Centre plans to introduce the Post Office Act (Amendment) Bill in the winter session of Parliament.

At present, 100 per cent foreign equity is allowed in domestic express companies. The bill proposes to bring down the ceiling to 49 per cent, raising concerns for the industry.

Foreign companies such as DHL (which holds 81 per cent in Blue Dart), FedEx and new entrants such as TNT have substantial interest in the growing Indian market.

“The bill in the current form is retrograde. On one hand, the government wants more FDI by opening up the economy and on the other, you take a step backward. If there was no FDI allowed in the sector from the beginning, then any limit, be it 49 per cent or more can be considered. But if there is already 100 per cent FDI allowed, why go back? People have invested huge amount of money in the sector under this policy,” Blue Dart MD Anil Khanna said.

Postal department officials said the bill could be introduced in the winter session of the Parliament. It is preparing to move Cabinet for approval.

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Europlus expands DHL's express offering

Posted by | Sep 17, 2007 | |

DHL has expanded its Europlus Day Definite delivery service to Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and Turkey.

The new service expansion brings the total number of European destinations serviced by DHL Europlus to 34 countries and territories.

The Europlus service provides fast, reliable and convenient business-to-business Day Definite deliveries for single and multiple parcel shipments as well as pallets guaranteeing extremely competitive transit times.

Angus Whiteman, product director at DHL Express, said: “Customer feedback has told us there is a real need for one supplier that can offer a complete delivery solution to Eastern Europe and we are delighted to be able to respond to that need. DHL Express is always looking for new opportunities to grow the business and the expansion into Eastern Europe represents an exciting challenge for us.”

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BT signs communication services agreement with DHL Express Italy

Posted by | Sep 14, 2007 | |

A three year agreement for the supply of communication services has been signed by communication services and solutions provider BT and DHL Express Italy, an international express transport services company.

BT said BT Italy will manage and develop the domestic data transmission network of DHL Express, under the terms of the agreement, connecting its 180+ Italian offices and seven contact centers and providing voice services. It confirmed the agreement incorporates a switch from traditional voice to VoIP-based services and includes the supply of 3,000 next-generation IP phones.

According to BT, it will also provide a new contact centre platform, developed in cooperation with Cisco, to manage over 1,100 operator desks in DHL Express’s seven Italian contact centers. It said a centralized platform hosted within BT’s Milan and Rome data centers will be used to supply services for VoIP and contact centers.

The new network will use the full potential of IP MPLS technology and ensure security, reliability, speed and scalability.

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Deutsche Post World Net appoints new CFO

Posted by | Sep 14, 2007 | |

Effective October 1st, John Allan (59) will assume responsibility as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) based in Bonn, the headquarters of Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN). Allan is already a member of the Deutsche Post World Net Executive Management Board and responsible for Logistics, based in Bracknell/London. In future, he will also take over the Global Business Services (GBS), the Group’s Shared Services such as IT, Procurement, Real Estate, or Legal Services.

Frank Appel (46) will take over Allan’s current position as Head of the Logistics division in Bracknell, effective October 1st. Appel ran the DHL Logistics business prior to the Exel-acquisition and is currently on the Executive Management Board in charge of Global Business Services (GBS), Mail International and Global Customer Solutions (GCS). While Allan takes over GBS after Appel successfully established these Shared Services functions, the latter will keep his responsibility as Head of GCS, the unit which manages the relationships with Deutsche Post World Net’s top 100 customers. Appel will also continue to run Mail International, Corporate Regulatory Management as well as the “First Choice”-program, which is Deutsche Post World Net’s quality and customer service improvement initiative.

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